The car, in addition to electric motors, will be equipped with a three-cylinder turbocharged diesel engine capacity of 1.5 liters and rated at 163 PS Engine paired with six-speed transmission, DCT. The same is installed on BMW M3 and Z4.

Hybrid system represents a new generation of ActiveHybrid 7. As in earlier versions, the first electric motor (33 HP) is located between the diesel engine and transmission. The second provides a front wheel and its capacity is 80 PS so full power the hybrid drive is 356 HP

Adding fuel to the fire and BMW, to terminate application of the hybrid drive system, which had previously planned to install the new generation BMW X 6.